Aristotle's ethics: Nicomachean and Eudemian themes

This Element is an examination of the philosophical themes presented in Aristotle's Nicomachean and Eudemian Ethics. Topics include happiness, the voluntary and choice, the doctrine of the mean, particular virtues of character and temperamental means, virtues of thought, akrasia, pleasure, frie...

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Main Author: Gottlieb, Paula 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2022
Series:Cambridge elements : elements in ethics
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Summary:This Element is an examination of the philosophical themes presented in Aristotle's Nicomachean and Eudemian Ethics. Topics include happiness, the voluntary and choice, the doctrine of the mean, particular virtues of character and temperamental means, virtues of thought, akrasia, pleasure, friendship, and luck. Special attention has been paid to Aristotle's treatment of virtues of character and thought and their relation to happiness, the reason why Aristotle is the quintessential virtue ethicist. The virtues of character have not received the attention they deserve in most discussions of the relationship between the two treatises
Physical Description:70 Seiten
ISBN:9781108706575

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